Adamantylalkylaminoalkyl benzamides

ABSTRACT

This invention relates to new adamantylalkyl-aminoalkyl benzamides of the general formula   AND TO ACID ADDITION SALTS AND QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SALTS OF SUCH BENZAMIDES, SUBSTANCES WHICH ARE WATER SOFTENERS, INHIBIT CORROSION, ARREST CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND COMBAT VIRAL INFECTION.

United States Patent [191 Narayanan et al.

[ Jan. 29, 1974 ADAMANTYLALKYLAMINOALKYL BENZAMIDES [75] Inventors: Venkatachala L. Narayanan, North Brunswick; Jack Bernstein, New Brunswick, both of NJ.

[73] Assignee: G. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., New

York, NY.

[22] Filed: Apr. 22, 1970 [2l] Appl. No.1 30,976

Related US. Application Data [63] Continuation-impart of Ser. No. 670,765, Sept. 26, 1967, abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 571,399, Aug. 10, l966, abandoned.

[52] US. Cl. 260/558 A, 260/559 A, 260/565 P,

Primary Examiner-Harry I. Moatz Attorney, Agent, or Firm--Lawrence S. Levinson; Merle J. Smith [5 7] ABSTRACT This invention relates to new adamantylalkylaminoalkyl benzamides of the general formula and to acid addition salts and quaternary ammonium salts of such benzamides, substances which are water softeners, inhibit corrosion, arrest cardiac arrhythmia and combat viral infection.

13 Claims, No Drawings 1 ADAMANTYLALKYLAMINOALKYL BENZAMIDES This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 670,765, filed Sept. 16, 1967 now abaridoned, which is in turn a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 571,399, filed Aug. 10, 1966, now abandoned.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to new chemical compounds. More particularly, it relates to new compounds of the formula and to acid addition and quaternary ammonium salts thereof.

In Formula l, each R is hydrogen, halo, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy when the adamantyl ring is attached to the side chain by the l-position and each R is hydrogen when the ring is attached in the 2-position, R is hydrogen, halo, trifluoromethyl, lower alkoxy or lower alkyl, R and R are each hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl or phenyl-lower alkyl and n is 0 to 2.

The lower alkyl, lower alkylene, lower alkenyl and lower alkoxy groups include straight and branched chain radicals, preferably with less than four carbon atoms, especially those having two carbon atoms. The four common halogens are contemplated by the term halo, chlorine and bromine being preferred. Benzyl and phenethyl are the preferred phenyl-lower alkyl groups. In all instances, products of Formula I are preferred wherein the adamantyl ring is attached by a bridgehead carbon. The lower alkenyl group is of a lower order of preference.

The compounds of Formula I are produced by converting a substituted aminoadamantane of the formula my I to the corresponding alkylenediamine of the formula (III) wherein R is hydrogen reaction with a primary amine.

Compounds of Formula [II are then acylated with a substituted benzoyl halide (or equivalent acylating agent) e.g., with 4-nitrobenzoyl chloride, an R'-substituted-4-nitrobenzoyl chloride or a mixed anhydride or a 4-nitrobenzoic acid and a lower alkyl carbonic acid (formed by the reaction of a 4-nitrobenzoic acid salt with a lower alkyl chlorocarbonate), in an inert organic solvent such as ether, dioxane, chloroform or the like to produce a coupound of the formula and finally reducing the nitro group to an amino group, e.g., by hydrogenation in the presence of a catalyst such as platinum oxide, or palladium or by chemical reduction, e.g., with iron, tin or stannous chloride in hydrochloric acid, ammonium sulfide or the like.

The product of the acylation reaction in which a benzoyl halide is one of the reactants is generally the hydrohalide salt, which is the form obtained after the catalytic reduction of the nitro group. This may be converted to the free base by neutralization with a base such as sodium hydroxide, and subsequently converted to other desired acid addition salts by treatment of the base in an inert solvent such as ether, dioxane or acetone with a solution of an equivalent amount of the acid in a solvent such as ether, dioxane, acetone, ethanol and the like.

The hydrohalides, e.g., hydrochlorides, hydrobromides, etc., as well as other acid addition salts, including inorganic salts such as phosphate, sulfate, nitrate and the like, and organic salts such as citrate, picrate, tartrate, salicylate, oxalate, acetate, ascorbate, succinate, methanesulfonate, benzenesulfonate, toluenesulfonate, aminobenzoate and the like, may be produced by reacting the free base with the appropriate inorganic or organic acid. The acid addition salts frequently provide a convenient means for isolating the product from the reaction mixture and for characterization purposes.

' These compounds also form quaternary ammonium salts, e.g., lower alkyl halides such as methyl chloride, methyl bromide, ethyl chloride, etc., lower alkyl sulfates such as methyl sulfate, ethyl sulfate, etc., monocyclic aryl (lower alkyl) halides and sulfates such as benzyl chloride, benzyl sulfate, etc. They are formed by reacting the base with the alkyl halide, sulfate, etc.

Suitable starting 4-nitrobenzoic acids for conversion to a substituted 4-nitrobenzoyl halide (by reaction with thionyl chloride, thionyl bromide or phosphorous pentachloride) include 4-nitrobenzoic acid, 2-chloro-4- nitrobenzoic acid, 3-chloro-4-nitrobenzoic acid, 2 bromo-4-nitrobenzoic acid, 3-bromo-4-nitrobenzoic acid, 2-fluoro-4-nitrobenzoic acid, 2-methoxy-4- nitrobenzoic acid, 2-ethoxy-4-nitrobenzoic acid, 3- ethoxy-4-nitrobenzoic acid, 2-propoxy-4-nitrobenzoic acid, 2-methyl-4-nitrobenzoic acid, 2-trifluoromethyl- 4-nitrobenzoic acid.

Suitable starting materials of Formula 11 wherein R is other than hydrogen may be prepared by acylating an aminoadamantane with a lower alkanoyl halide and reducing the amine thus formed to a compound of Formula II with lithium aluminum hydride. Alternatively, an R-substituted adamantane carboxylic acid or an R- substituted adamantyl acetic acid is converted to the corresponding R -substituted amide and the amide reduced with lithium aluminum hydride. Among the adamantane acids that may be used are 1- adamantanecarboxylic acid, 3-methyl-1- adamantanecarboxylic acid 3-methoxy-1- adamantanecarboxylic acid, 3-fluoro- 1 ad amantanecarboxylic acid, 3-chloroladamantanecarboxylic acid, 3-bromo- 1 adamantanecarboxylic acid, 3-iodol adamantanecarboxylic acid, 3 ,S-dimethyll adamantanecarboxylic acid, l-adamantylacetic acid, the corresponding Z-adamantanecarboxylic acids and the like.

Among the aminoadamantanes of Formula 11 which may be used are N-methyl-l-aminoadamantane, N-ethyll aminoadamantane, N-butyll aminoadamantane, N-allyl-laminoadamantane, the corresponding N-substituted-2-aminoadamantanes and the like.

The starting materials of formula 11 may be obtained by a variety of methods. Fort et al., Chemical Reviews 64, 277 (1964) provides a review of the methods of synthesis of various compounds and source material. See also US. Pat. No. 3,218,355, Nov. 16, 1965, US. Pat. No. 3,310,469, Mar. 21, 1967, US. Pat. No. 3,328,251, June 27, 1967, and Eire Pat. No. 342/64, Oct. 23, 1964.

For example, compounds of Formula II wherein n is or 1 may be obtained from adamantyl bromides by the method described by Gerzon et al., J. Med. Chem. 6, 760 (1963) according to the following general reaction scheme:

The new compounds of this invention are useful as water softeners and for inhibiting the corrosivity of engine lubricants. They are also useful as antifibrillatory agents, e.g., in arresting cardiac arrhythmia in animals, e.g., mice, cats, dogs and rats. For the latter purpose,

15 a compound of Formula I or a physiologically acceptable acid addition or quaternary ammonium salt thereof may be incorporated in aconventional dosage form such as tablet, capsule, elixir, injectable or the like along with the necessary carrier material, excipient, lubricant, buffer or the like for oral or parenteral administration in single or divided doses of about 4 to mg/kg/day, preferably about 2 to 5 mg/kg, two to four times daily (ED =1 1 mg/kg in mice). In addition, they are useful as antiviral agents in animals, e.g.,

25 against influenza virus such as A-PR8 or hepatic virus such as MHV by oral or parenteral administration as indicated above at doses of about 10 to mg/kg/day divided in four to six doses.

The following examples are illustrative of the inven- 30 tion. All temperatures are expressed on the centrigrade scale.

EXAMPLE 1 N-[2-[N'-( ladamantyl)-N-ethylamino]ethyl]-paminobenzamide hydrochloride a. N-ethyll adamantylamine To a well stirred suspension of 25 g. of lithium aluminum hydride in l l. of dry ether, 19.3 g. of lacetaminoadamantane [Stetter et al., Chem. Ber. 92,

1629 (1963)] are added in portions (addition time 4 hr.), and the mixture heated under reflux overnight. The reaction mixture is cooled to 5, and 25 ml. of distilled water are added dropwise followed by 75 m1. of 10% NaOH solution. After the addition of 20 ml. of

water, the precipitated solids are filtered and washed thoroughly with l l. of ether. The combined extract is dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, concentrated and distilled giving 14.2 g. of product, b.p. about 102- 104 (7.0 mm.) which solidifies to a low melting solid.

N- 2- N l-adamantyl )-N ethylamino ethyl ptoluenesulfonamide To a mixture of 4.31 g. of ethyleneimine and 10.12 g. of triethyamine in 150 ml. of dry benzene cooled to AdBr AdOOOII AdOOOl AdCONHg AdCHzNH:

Compounds of Formula 11 wherein n is 2 may similarly be obtained from adamantyl bromides which may be converted to adamantylacetic acids by the method of Stetter et al., Chem. Ber. 92, 1629 (1963), then by the method of Gerzon et al. supra. Converting the adamantyl acetic acid to the amide followed by reduction with 5, a solution of 19.07 g. of tosyl chloride in 200 ml.

of dry chloroform is added during 1 hour. After stirring for 0.5 hr. dry ether is added and the precipitated solid is removed by filtration and washed with ether. The combined extract is concentrated to a syrup at room temperature, and dissolved in ml. of dry benzene.

lithium aluminum hydride as described above to the 5 To the above solution of aziridine tosylate, a solution amine, according to the following reaction scheme of 17.93 g. of N-ethyl-l-adamantylamine in 100 m1. of

, dry benzene is added at 20, and the mixture is stirred overnight at 5. The reaction mixture is allowed to Warm up to room temperature, and is heated under reflux for 6 hours. Evaporation of the solvent in vacuo gives a thick syrup. Ether (500 ml.) is added, and the precipitated polymeric material is filtered. The ethereal extract is concentrated, 100 ml. of hexane are added and the mixture allowed to stand for 2 hours whereupon 10.3 g. of solid separates. After recrystallization from benzene-hexane, the product melts at about 90-92.

c. N-( 1-adamantyl)-N-ethylethylenediamine To a solution of 3.76 g. of N-[2-[N'-(l-adamantyl)- N-ethylamino]ethyl]-p-toluenesulfonamide in a mixture of 25 ml. of ether and 75 ml. of tetrahydrofuran, 100 ml. of liquid ammonia are added under a dry ice condenser. Freshly cut sodium is added with stirring during 0.5 hour till a permanent blue color is obtained. After stirring the solution for 2 hours, 5 g. of solid ammonium chloride are added and the excess ammonia is allowed to evaporate. The solid is filtered and extracted thoroughly with ether. The combined ethereal extract is concentrated to give 2.1 g. of N-(1-adamantyl)-N- ethylethylenediamine as a thick oily liquid.

The salt with one mole of p-aminobenzoic acid crystallizes from acetonitrile as white needles: mp. about 159-160.

d. N-[ 2-[N-( 1-adamantyl)-N '-ethylamino]ethyl]-pnitrobenzamide hydrochloride To a solution of 1.1 1 g. of N-(ladamantyl)-N- ethylethylenediamine in 50 ml. of dry chloroform, a solution of 0.93 g. of p-nitrobenzoyl chloride in 25 ml. of dry chloroform is added dropwise at room temperature, and the mixture is refluxed for 4 hours. Evaporation of the chloroform gives a solid, which crystallizes on the addition of ether yielding 1.6 g. of N-[2-[N'-( 1- about 280-282.

By replacing the l-acetamidoadamantane with 2- acetamidoadamantane as the starting material in part (a) above and proceeding through steps (b) to (e), in-

elusive,

ethylamino]ethyl]-p-aminobenzamide hydrochloride is obtained.

By replacing the p-nitrobenzoyl chloride in part (c) with the acid chlorides derived from the following substituted 4-nitrobenzoic acids, respectively, the corresponding ethylamino]ethyl]-p-amino-R-benzamide, hydrochloride, is obtained.

R'-substiluted-4-nitrobcnzoic ucid R'-suhslituted benzamide 2-c hloro Z-chloro 3-chloro 3-chloro Z-bromo Z-bromo 3-bromn 3-bromo Continued R-substituted-4-nitrobenzoic acid R-substituted benzamide 2-lluoro 2-fluoro Z-methoxy Z-methoxy Z-ethoxy Z-ethoxy 3-ethoxy 3-ethoxy 2-propoxy 2-propoxy Z-methyl Z-methyl 2-trifluoromethyl By replacing the N-ethyl -l-adamantylamine with the following amines, the corresponding N-[2-[N'-(l- 1 2-phenethylamino )adamantane Z-phenylethyl l-(allylamino)adamantane allyl 1-( n-propylamino)adamantane n-propyl l-(methylamino )adamantane methyl l-(pentylamino )adamanlane pentyl [U.S. Pat. No. 3,310,469, supra] EXAMPLE 2 N-[2-[N-3-methyl-l-adamantyl)-N'- ethylamino]ethy1]-p-aminobenzamide, hydrochloride a. 1-Ethylamino-3-methyladamantane A mixture of 60 g. of

N-ethylacetamide, 45 g. of

1-bromo-3-methyladamantane [Fort et a1. supra, p. 288] and 60 g. of silver sulfate is heated at for 1 hour. The cooled mixture is treated with 100 ml. of water and extracted with ether. The ether extracts are combined, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to yield 1- (N-ethylacetamido )-3-methyladamantane.

A mixture of 12 g. of l-(N-ethylacetamido)-3- methyladamantane, 12 g. of sodium hydroxide and ml. of diethylene glycol is refluxed for 5 hours. The cooled mixture is poured into 1 liter of water and extracted with ether. The combined ether extracts are dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate and the ether then removed by distillation to yield the 1- ethylamino-3-methyladamantane.

b. N-[2-[N'-(3-methyl-1-adamantyl)-N ethylamino]ethyl]-p-aminobenzamide, hydrochloride Following the procedure of Example 1 but substituting 1-ethylamino-3-methyladamantane for an equivalent amount of N-ethyl-l-adamantylamine, there is obtained the desired N-[2-[N-(3-methyl-l-adamantyl)- N'-ethylamino]ethyl]-p-aminobenzamide, hydrochloride.

EXAMPLE 3 N-[2-[N-( 3-methoxy- 1 -adamantylmethyl )-N'- methylaminolethyll-p-aminobenzamide, hydrochloride a. N-methyl-3-methoxy- 1 -adamantanecarboxamide A mixture of 10 grams of 3-methoxy-1- adamantanecarboxylic acid [Fort et al., supra, p. 289] and 20 m1. of thionyl chloride are heated under reflux for 30 minutes. The excess thionyl chloride is removed by distillation under reduced pressure, ml. of anhydrous benzene is added and the benzene removed by distillation under reduced pressure. The cooled residue is treated with a solution of methylamine in benzene. After several hours the precipitated solid is removed by filtration, and the filtrate concentrated under reduced pressure to yield N-methyl-3-methoxy-l-adamantanecarboxamide. b. N-( 3 -methoxyl -adamantylmethyl )methylamine A solution of 10 g. of N-methyl-3-methoxy-ladamantanecarboxamide in anhydrous ether is added slowly to a suspension of lithium aluminum hydride in anhydrous ether. After the addition is completed, the reaction mixture is heated to gentle reflux for four hours and is then cooled. Water is added dropwise to decompose the unreacted lithium aluminum hydride, followed by a 10 percent sodium hydroxide solution. The precipitated solids are removed by filtration and washed with ether. The combined ether solutions are dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to yield the N-(3- methoxy-l -adamantylmethyl)methylamine.

c. N-[ 2-[N-( 3-methoxyl -adamantylmethyl)-N methylamino]ethyl]-p-aminobenzamide, hydrochloride hydrochlo- Acid R-substituted adamantylmcthyl methylamino dervatives 3methyl-l- 3-methyl adamantanecarboxylic acid 3-fluoro-l- 3-fluoro adamantanecarboxylic acid 3-chloro-l- 3-chloro adamantanecarboxylic acid 3-bromo-l 3-bromo adamantanecarboxylic acid 3-iodo-l-adamantanecarboxylic 3iodo acid 3,5-dimethyll 3,5-dimethyl adamantanecarboxylic acid [Fort et al., supra, pp. 288-289] EXAMPLE 4 N-[ 2-[N'-( l-adamantyl)-N-methylamino]ethyl]-N- methyl-p-aminobenzamide hydrochloride a. 2-( N-methyll -adamantylamino)ethanol A 140 ml. stainless steel bomb is charged with 16.5 g. of N-methyl-l-adamantylamine [U.S. Pat. No. 3,310,469, Eire Pat. No. supra], 5.0 g. of ethylene oxide and 50 ml. of aqueous tetrahydrofuran and heated at 70 for 12 hours. The solvent is removed by distillation and the residue is fractionally distilled to yield the I desired 2-(N-methyl-ladamantylamino)ethanol.

b. N-(2-chloroethyl)-N-methyl-1 -adamantylamine hydrochloride To a solution of 127 grams of 2-(N-methyl-1- adamantylamino) ethanol in 300 ml. of chloroform there is added dropwise, with vigorous stirring, ml. of thionyl chloride, while the temperature of the reaction mixture is maintained at 2025. The mixture is then refluxed for 2 hours and a portion of the solvent is removed by distillation. The residue is cooled and diluted with anhydrous ether to give, as a colorless crystalline solid, N-( 2-chloroethyl)-N-methyl-ladamantylamine hydrochloride. 0. N,N'-dimethyl-N-( l-adamantyl)ethylenediamine To 300 g. of a cold 40 percent aqueous monomethylamine solution there is added 160 g. of N-(2- chloroethyl)-N-methyll -adamantylamine hydrochloride and ml. of ethanol. The reaction mixture is stirred 1 hour at room temperature and then four hours at 80. The reaction mixture is cooled and 100 g. of solid sodium hydroxide added. The temperature is kept below 30 during this addition by external cooling. The mixture is then extracted with ether, and the combined ether extracts dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate. The ether is then removed by distillation and the residue fractionally distilled to yield the desired N,N'- dimethyl-N-( l-adamantyl)ethylenediamine. d) N-[2-[N-(1-adamantyl)-N'-methylamino]ethyl]-N- methyl-p-aminobenzamide, hydrochloride 1 Following the procedure of Example 1, but substituting N,N'-dimethyl-N-( l-adamantyl)ethylenediamine for an equivalent amount of N-( l-adamantyl)-N- ethylethylenediamine there is obtained the desired N- [2- l-adamantyl )methylamino ethyl -N-m ethyl-paminobenzamide, hydrochloride.

EXAMPLES,

N-[ 3-[N'-( l-adamantyl)-N'-methylamino]propyl] -N- methyl-p-aminobenzamide hydrochloride a. N-( l-adamantyl)-3-chloro-N-methylpropionamide With ice-cooling and stirring, 37.1 g. of ,B-chloropropionyl chloride in 100 ml. of anhydrous benzene is added dropwise to 100 g. of l- (methylamino)adamantane [U.S. Pat. No. 3,310,469, supra] in 200 ml. of anhydrous benzene. The reaction mixture is then refluxed for 5 hours, filtered and the filtrate washed with water and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The ether is removed by distillation and the N-( l-adamantyl)-3-chloro-N-methylpropionamide thus obtained may be used without further purification. If desired, the product may be purified by fractional distillation. b. N-( 3-chloropropyl )-N-methyll -adamantylamine To 3.8 g. of lithium aluminum hydride in 200 ml. of anhydrous ether is added dropwise a solution of 25 g. of N-( l-adamantyl)-3-chloro-N-methylpropionamide in 400 ml. of anhydrous ether. The mixture is then refluxed for 1 hour, cooled in ice, treated with 2.5 ml. of water and then 2.5 ml. of 20 percent aqueous sodium hydroxide. The mixture is filtered and dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate. The ether is removed by distillation and the residue is fractionally distilled under reduced pressure to yield the desired N-(3- chloropropyl )-N-methyll -adamantylamine. c. N-{3-[N-(l-adamantyl)-N-methylamino]propyl]- N-methyl-p-aminobenzamide, hydrochloride Following the procedure of Example 4, but substituting N-( 3-chloropropyl )-N-methyll -adamantylamine for an equivalent amount of N-(2-chloroethyl)-N- methyl-l-adamantylamine hydrochloride there is obtained the desired N-[3-[N'-(l-adamantyl)-N'- methylamino1-propyl1-N-methyl-p-aminobenzamide hydrochloride.

EXAMPLE 6 N-[2-[N-( l-adamantyl)-N'-ethylamino]ethyl]-N-allylp-aminobenzamide hydrochloride a. N-[2-[N-( l-adamantyl)-N'-ethylamino]ethyll-N- allyl-p-toluene sulfonamide To a solution of N-[2-[N'-(l-adamantyl)-N- ethylamino]-ethyl]-p-toluene sulfonamide in dilute aqueous sodium hydroxide there is added dropwise with vigorous stirring an equivalent of allyl bromide. The reaction mixture is stirred at room temperature for six hours and the mixture extracted with chloroform. The chloroform extract is washed with dilute aqueous sodium hydroxide, then with water and is dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The chloroform solution is then concentrated under reduced pressure to yield as the residue N-[2-[N'-(l-adamantyl)-N'-ethylamino]- ethyl]-N-allyl-p-toluene sulfonamide. b. N-[2-[N'-(l-adamantyl)-N'-ethylamino]ethyl]-N- allyl-p-toluene sulfonamide Following the procedure of Example 1 but substituting N-[2-[N-( l-adamantyl)-N-ethylamino]ethyl]-N- allyl-p-toluene sulfonamide for an equivalent amount of N-[2-[N-( 1-adamantyl)-N-ethylamino]ethyl]-ptoluenesulfonamide, there is obtained the desired N-[2- [N-( 1-adamantyl)-N'-ethylamino]ethyl]-N-allyl-paminobenzamide hydrochloride.

EXAMPLE 7 N-[[2-N-[2-(1-adamantyl)-N- ethyl]methylamino]ethyl]-p-aminobenzamide hydrochloride Following the procedure of Example 3 but substituting l-adamantylacetic acid [Stetter, Chem. Ber. 92, 1631, 1959)] for an equivalent amount of 3-methoxyl-adamantanecarboxylic acid there is obtained the desired N-[ [2-N[2-( l-adamantyl)ethyl]-N'- methylaminol-ethyl]-p-aminobenzamide, hydrochloride.

wherein each R is hydrogen when the adamantyl ring is attached to the side chain at other than the bridgehead position and each R is hydrogen, halo or lower alkyl when the adamantyl ring is attached to the side chain at the bridgehead position, R is hydrogen, halo, trifluoromethyl, lower alkoxy or lower alkyl, R and R each is hydrogen, lower al- 5 kyl, lower alkenyl or phenyl-lower alkyl and n is 0 to 2, and physiologically acceptable acid addition salts of said bases.

2. A base as in claim 1 wherein each R is lower alkyl, R, R and R each is hydrogen and n is 1.

3. A base as in claim 1 wherein one R is halo and the other R is hydrogen, R, R and R each is hydrogen and n is l.

4. A base as in claim 1 wherein R is lower alkyl, R, R and R each is hydrogen and n is O.

5. A base as in claim 1 wherein one R is hydrogen and one R is lower alkyl, R is lower alkyl, R and R each is hydrogen and n is 0.

6. A 2-adamantyl base as in claim 1 wherein R, R, R and R each is hydrogen and n is l.

7. A l-adamantyl base as in claim 1 wherein the lower alkylene group has three carbon atoms, R is methyl, R, R and R each is hydrogen and n is 0.

8. A l-adamantyl base as in claim 1 wherein the lower alkylene group has two carbon atoms, R is ethyl, R, R and R each is hydrogen and n is O.

9. A l-adamantyl base as in claim 1 wherein the lower alkylene group has two carbon atoms, R is methyl, R, R and R each is hydrogen and n is 2.

10. A l-adamantyl base as in claim 1 wherein the lower alkylene group has two carbon atoms, R and R each is methyl, R and R each is hydrogen and n is 0.

1 1. A member of the group consisting of a base of the formula O R R H l Q HzN- O-N-lower alkylene-N(CII:),,

(I? 1' 2 111: H2N- C N-lower alkylene-N (CH in AW wherein R is hydrogen, halo, trifluoromethyl, lower alkoxy or lower alkyl, R and R are each hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl or phenyl-lower alkyl 0 and n is 0 to 2.

13. A base as in claim 1 wherein each R is hydrogen. 

2. A base as in claim 1 wherein each R is lower alkyl, R1, R2 and R3 each is hydrogen and n is
 1. 3. A base as in claim 1 wherein one R is halo and the other R is hydrogen, R1, R2 and R3 each is hydrogen and n is
 1. 4. A base as in claim 1 wherein R3 is lower alkyl, R, R1 and R2 each is hydrogen and n is
 0. 5. A base as in claim 1 wherein one R is hydrogen and one R is lower alkyl, R3 is lower alkyl, R1 and R2 each is hydrogen and n is
 0. 6. A 2-adamantyl base as in claim 1 wherein R, R1, R2 and R3 each is hydrogen and n is
 1. 7. A 1-adamantyl base as in claim 1 wherein the lower alkylene group has three carbon atoms, R3 is methyl, R, R1 and R2 each is hydrogen and n is
 0. 8. A 1-adamantyl base as in claim 1 wherein the lower alkylene group has two carbon atoms, R3 is ethyl, R, R1 and R2 each is hydrogen and n is
 0. 9. A 1-adamantyl base as in claim 1 wherein the lower alkylene group has two carbon atoms, R3 is methyl, R, R1 and R2 each is hydrogen and n is
 2. 10. A 1-adamantyl base as in claim 1 wherein the lower alkylene group has two carbon atoms, R1 and R3 each is methyl, R and R2 each is hydrogen and n is
 0. 11. A member of the group consisting of a base of the formula
 12. A base of the formula
 13. A base as in claim 1 wherein each R is hydrogen. 